Donations

Swami Vivekananda on Charity

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Never mind if your contribution is only a mite, your help only a little; blades of grass united
in to a rope will hold in confinement the maddest of elephants, - says the old proverb.

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Let me tell you again that you must be pure and help any one who comes to you, as much as lies in your power.
And this is good Karma. By the power of this, the heart becomes pure (Chitta-shuddhi), and
then Shiva who is residing in every one will become manifest.

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Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (RKMVERI) is a non-profit educational institution that relies on financial support from government bodies, corporates and individual donors.

Categories

Student Scholarships

The students of the Deemed-to-be-University come from different economical and social background.
Many of them need financial support for tuition, boarding and lodging, costing about thirty-five thousand rupees per year per student. Any donation in this regard will go to the corresponding endowment fund of the Deemed-to-be-University which provides scholarships to the students. A donor can also provide a student scholarship in the memory of any person. In such cases the scholarship will be named after that person.

Faculty Sponsorships and Chairs

The faculty of the Deemed-to-be-University needs salaries and contingency support to discharge their research
and teaching responsibilities. The young faculties require around one lakh rupees per month as a salary,
and one lakh rupees per year as contingency. Senior faculties require around two lakh rupees per
month as a salary, and two lakh rupees per year as contingency. If a senior faculty receives pension
from his/her previous employment, then the salary requirement for the senior faculty reduces to one
lakh rupees per month. A donor can also provide this support in the memory of any person. In such cases their
will be a chair named after that person in any school/department/subject of donor's choice.

Support to Monastic Faculties and Members

Monks of Ramakrishna Mission are assigned the responsibilities for teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students. Because of their monastic vows, the monks are not entitled to receive any salary or honorarium for their service to the Deemed-to-be-University. However, financial support is needed to provide food, clothing, medical, travel and other general expenses. Any donation in this regard will be considered as Sadhu Seva.

General Fund

The Deemed-to-be-University need regular money for salaries of non-teaching staff, various educational and religious programmes, and other running expences.

Community Service Activities of RKMVERI

The Deemed-to-be-University is active in doing community service outside its campuses and in rural India. These activities include Vivekdisha project, Yoga project, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, centre for disabled children.

Infrastructure development

How to Donate

Donations in Indian currency (INR) can be made by cash, by cheque or by demand draft. Cheques and drafts may be drawn in favour of 'Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Belur Math'.
Donors giving donations exceeding Rs.10000 must provide their PAN card number.

Cheques in any foreign currency should be drawn in favour of 'Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University (FC), Belur Math'.

After the bank transfer, please inform Swami Kaleshananda
(email addresses: sandip.maharajaempty@emptygmail.com,
kaleshanandaempty@emptyrkmvu.ac.in)
giving (a) the details of the transfer, (b) particulars of the donor, including mailing address, email and phone number, and (c) category of donation. Any query related
to donations can be sent to Swami Kaleshananda.

Tax Exemptions

The Government of India has granted 100% income tax exemption to RKMVERI under section 80G, subsection 2(a) (iii f) of the income tax act, 1961, by an order issued by the department of revenue, ministry of finance. This is a provision applicable to universities and academic institutions of national eminence.

All the donations to RKMVERI, being a Deemed-to-be-University, will therefore be eligible for 100% exemption from income tax.